Initial plans, unveiled last year, were for practice supervisors and frontline child and family practitioners at 31 volunteer councils to be assessed during a "first phase" rollout between 2017 and 2019, prior to national rollout.
But there were concerns that the plans could potentially destabilise the workforce, and create a two-tier system based on those who had passed the exam and those who had not.
The DfE said the plan is now for phase one to begin from mid-2018 in Bury, Leeds, Manchester, Oldham and Wigan. A second phase, involving up to 20 authorities is then expected to get under way in early 2019.
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